Snow for Mother's Day

I believe this is the first Mother's Day, since I've been a Mother, to skip planting something in my yard or garden.  The Mother of a snowstorm hit Colorado on Mother's Day.  It rained/snowed all day, night, and stopped around noon today.  Since we're north of Denver, and east of the foothills, we thankfully didn't get as much as other areas.

  I covered the volunteers in my vegetable garden, and brought the potted herbs on my deck inside on my baker's rack that faces southwest.  Thank goodness I didn't plant my tomatoes yet!

This photo is at a weird angle, but I think you get the idea.  :-)







 Others that I've spoken with are hoping their tomato plants will survive.  Thank you to my friends at the local Hydro-ponics store for advising me to wait until Mother's Day or after to plant them.  That has always been my personal rule-of-thumb, so I'm glad to have it confirmed by some experts.

We've lost 1 branch so far, and the temperature is predicted to dip into the 20's tonight, so I'm going to send as much Reiki to the trees and flowers on our property as I can, since I really cannot see myself covering all of the Lilacs and Iris with socks from all of our sock drawers!  This was the advice of a garden expert on the local news.





Lastly, I want to thank my Mother for going out of her way to be able to follow my blog.  Thanks, Mom!  You have always been my biggest fan, and encouraging to even my craziest behaviors and ideas.  I love you!